Washing-machine



(No Mod-e1.) Y C. P. GOSS.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 428,478. Patented May 2o, 1890.

mmm/ A 88 UNITED STATES@ PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. GOSS, OF VERSAILLES, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO STEPHEN S. R'OSZELL, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKX WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,478, dated May 20, 1890.

Application filed March 29, 1890. VSerial No. 345.805. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. GOSS, of Versailles, in the county of X'Voodford and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lashing- Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in washing-machines; and it consists in the combination of a suitable box or frame to hold the water, two revolving disks placed therein at opposite ends and connected together by rods, so as to cause them to revolve together, and around which rods the article to be Washed is placed, astationary frame placed between the two revolving end pieces or disks, and which is provided with a brush or rubber to cleanse the garment upon its inner side, a roller at the top of the frame to support the garment from its inner side, and a separate brush or rubber which is held in contact with the outer side of the garment as it is caused to revolve with the two disks, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object 01": myinvention is to provide a washing-machine in which the garment is washed or cleansed upon both sides by means.

of'brushes or rubbers as the garment is caused to revolve with the cylinder around which it is wrapped.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a washingmachine which embodies my invention. Fig. 2 is asimilar view taken at right angles to Fig. 1, and at one side of the stationary frame placed between the two disks or revolving heads. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the construction of the bearings for the rod or bar B.

A represents the boiler or box to hold the water, and across the top of which extends the square stationary rod or bar B, the ends of which are reduced so as to form bearings or journals for the two revolving heads or disks C, which are connected by the rods D, and

which connect the two heads or disks cause them torevolve together, and at the same time serve as a support for the garment which is being washed and which is wrapped around the rods, as shown. Secured to the barB are thetwo vertical rods G, which are placed adjacent to the revolving heads, and which have journaled upon their upper ends aroller I-I andV secured to their lower ends a brush or rubberl l, of any suitable construction that may be preferred.

Journaled in the bottom of the box A is a roller Q, which supports or holds the garment in contact with the brush or rubber I. This brush or rubber comes in direct contact with the inner side of the garment, which is wrapped around the rods which unite the tWo heads, and cleanses it upon this side, while the roller H forms a bearing for the garment just opposite the brush or rubber L, which cleanses the garment from the opposite side. The brush or rubber L is connected to one edge of the box or frame Aby means of the curved rods N, and to the opposite ends of which a spring O is connected at its ou ter end, so as to hold the brush L in forcible contact with the outer side of the garment, and thus leave the operator nothing to do except to cause the" heads to revolve by means of the handle and Wash the garment from two sides at once. It the rollers were not used to support the garment just opposite the brushes or rubbers L, no pressure could be applied to the garment by the brushes, as there would be nothing to hold the garment up against them.

As will be seen, the parts are very few and simple and not liable to get out of repair, and a garment or article of any kind can be washed more rapidly by having brushes or rubbers applied to opposite sides at the same time than can be done when a single rubber is applied to one side of the garment in the usual manner. XVhile the clothes are being rubbed and washed they are at the same time subj ected to the action of the hot water or steam for the purpose of softening the dirt, and thus causing them to be more readily and easily cleaned.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of the boiler or box A,

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a roller journaled therein, the stationary frame placed therein and provided with a rubber, the revolving connected heads for moving the garment or article being washed through a circle, and a rubber which is applied to the outer side of the garment, whereby the garment is washed from opposite sides at the same time as the heads are caused to revolve, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of the box or boiler, a roller journaled therein, a stationary frame placed therein and provided with a rubber for washing the garment or article from 011e side and a roller for supporting the article or garment at the topof the frame, the revolving heads connected by rods and which move the garment or article around in a circle, and a rubber which is applied to the outer side of the garment or article just opposite y CHARLES F. GOSS.

Vitnesses:

G. S. RYnER, E. T. YOUNG. 

